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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 March 2025. Cultural and religious celebration on 17 March For other uses, see Saint Patrick's Day (disambiguation). Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick depicted in a stained-glass window at Saint Benin's Church, Ireland Official name Saint Patrick's Day Also called Feast of Saint Patrick Lá Fhéile ...
Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Ireland (Irish: Ceartchreideamh in Éirinn) is the presence of Eastern Orthodox Christians in Ireland.Within the country there are several formally organized parishes belonging to various autocephalous churches, primarily the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Romanian Orthodox Church, and the Russian Orthodox Church.
A Russian Orthodox Church was first opened in Ireland in 1973 and a Greek Orthodox church was first established in Dublin in 1981 and a Romanian Orthodox Church in 2000. Antiochian Orthodox Church was established in 2004 in Ireland; it has three parishes, in Belfast, Dublin, and Tralee.
Stone found below St. Patrick's Well. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. Other places named after Saint Patrick include: Patrickswell Lane, a well in Drogheda Town where St. Patrick opened a monastery and baptised the townspeople. Ardpatrick, County Limerick (from Irish Ard Pádraig, meaning 'high place of Patrick') [144] [failed ...
St Patrick's Purgatory is an ancient pilgrimage site on Station Island in Lough Derg, County Donegal, Ireland. According to legend, the site dates from the fifth century, when Christ showed Saint Patrick a cave, sometimes referred to as a pit or a well , on Station Island that was an entrance to Purgatory . [ 2 ]
Clifden has two churches: St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic), completed in 1879, [9] and Christ Church (Church of Ireland), built in 1853, replacing an earlier structure dating to 1810. [9] The St. Patrick Orthodox Mission, part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, was opened in October 2023. [28]
St. Patrick’s Church is said to have been established by St. Patrick, after a local chieftain offered him a site for a church on the north bank of the River Bann in the 5th century. [3] Patrick is said to have chosen a spot covered in ferns, giving rise to the name Cuil Raithin (or 'ferny retreat') which became the name of the town of ...
The Church of Ireland has two cathedrals in Dublin: within the walls of the old city is Christ Church Cathedral, the seat of the Archbishop of Dublin, and just outside the old walls is St. Patrick's Cathedral, which the church designated as a National Cathedral for Ireland in 1870. Cathedrals also exist in the other dioceses.